Bengali Chaler Payesh Recipe (How to Make Bengali Rice Kheer)

We will find out a very popular sweet dish of Bengal as well as North india. That one is KHEER or PAYESH. I think in south also its equally famous with name PAYASAM.

In Bengal we generally have it during puja or as a sweet item after meal. In north India kheer puri very popular. Lets see how quickly and easily we can prepare this dish at home and enjoy.

Ingredients for Bengali Payesh Recipe

100 gm Gobindobhog rice (if not available, you can use Jeera Rice also)

1 lt cow milk

Sugar around 150 gm or as per taste

1 Bay Leaf

2 Cardamoms (crushed)

½ cup Kaju, kismis, almonds (half broken)

½ tsp ghee

Preparation Time: 30 min

How to Make Bengali Rice Kheer

First of all take the milk in a heavy bottom vessel and bring it to boil.

When the milk starts boiling, add the bay leaf to it.

Reduce the flame and simmer until the milk is reduced to 2/3rd.

Wash the rice grains properly and add them to the boiling milk.

Make sure to stir every 3 – 4 minutes, so that it does not stick to the vessel.

When the rice is half done add the sugar and keep on stirring on continuous basis.

You can also add jaggery if you want to prepare gurer payesh recipe Bengali style.

Finally add the kaju, kismis, almonds & crushed cardamom pods.

Stir well and check whether it’s fully done.

You can spread ½ tsp ghee to enhance the flavor. Your payesh is ready to serve.

Hope you will like this Bengali chaler payesh recipe and if you did, please feel free to share it with your friends. Did you try this Bengali rice payesh recipe earlier? Please feel free to share in the comments below.